257 Figure 17 The extent to which respondents agree with the statement ‘Immigrants take jobs from Spaniards’, 2000–2014 Agree Disagree 70 60 50 Percentage 40 30 20 10 0 2000 2004 2008 2012 2014 Source: Centre for Sociological Research, Opinion Barometer, several years. The economic crisis provoked a surge of anti-immigration sentiment, recorded by several opinion poll sources, 34 which reached its peak in 2011–2012. Around that time, the number of immigrants residing in the country started to decline, a fact broadly reported by the media, and negative attitudes became less prevalent, though they are still above pre-crisis levels (figures 15–17). Our results show that more than three-quarters of Spanish people feel that native workers should be hired over foreigners (77 per cent), a percentage that declines to 61 per cent when respondents are voters for Unidos Podemos (table 9).